Workshop on Computational Social Networks

WELCOME to CSoNet 2014

In the last decade, there has been an explosive growth of research on complex real-world networks, a theme that is becoming pervasive in many disciplines, ranging from mathematics and computer science to the social and biological sciences. Typical complex networks include internet topologies, web graphs, peer-to-peer networks, social networks, biological networks, and economic networks, to name a few. Empirical studies have shown that these networks, though different in nature, all display substantial non-trivial topological features and, interestingly, share a number of significant properties. A lot of research efforts have thus been made towards a deep understanding of complex networks. Computing in social science has recently become one of the central themes across mathematical science, information and communication technology, which attracts significant interest from researchers in mathematics, computer science, system science, and social science. The objective of this workshop is to advance and promote the theoretical foundation, mathematical aspects, and applications of social computing.
The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

Mathematical modeling and analysis

Real-world complex networks

Information retrieval in social contexts, political analysts

Network structure analysis

Network dynamics optimization

Complex network robustness and vulnerability

Information diffusion models and analysis

Security and privacy

Searching in complex networks

Efficient algorithms

Important Dates:

Paper submission due: July 24, 2014July 31, 2014 (by 11:59 p.m. PST)

Notification of Acceptance: August 21, 2014

Camera-ready and Registration: September 04, 2014

Steering Committee

My T. Thai, University of Florida
Zhi-Li Zhang, University of Minnesota
Weili Wu, University of Texas - Dallas